AUBURN — Ben Roberts will host Cafe LA’s Back to School Comic Showcase at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at 49 Spring St.

Mandy and David “Apples” Appleton of Phippsburg will bookend this showcase that includes locals Noreen Lacoy and Dawn Hartill. R.A. Sweeney, Angela Merrill and Robert “Big Bob” Glancy round out the lineup of Maine comics.

There is no cover charge. Reservations are recommended.

FMI, reservations: 207-784-2300.